PMID: 12770754May 29, 2003Paper

Views on the autoimmunity hypothesis for Chagas disease pathogenesis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
Felipe Kierszenbaum

Abstract

Initially, the notion that the pathogenesis of Chagas disease has an autoimmune component was based on the finding that sera from Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients or laboratory animals contain antibodies that recognize both parasite and host tissue antigens. Subsequent work suggested that T lymphocytes from chagasic patients and animals also displayed such cross-reactivity. However, the autoimmunity hypothesis has remained controversial because of experimental pitfalls, incomplete or inadequate controls, difficulties in reproducing some key results, and a lack of persuasive evidence that the cross-reactive antibodies or lymphocytes can truly effect the multifaceted pathological features of Chagas disease. Whether the immunologic autoreactivities described to date cause chagasic pathology or result from it is another unresolved question. Discussed herein are the most recent contributions to this topic and the reservations they have raised.

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